‘Running helped me to find myself’
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, Yonas Kinde has swapped the cheers of crowds at international races for the sounds of nature during early morning runs near his home in Luxembourg. “I can run immediately from my house to the forest,” he said....
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on World Refugee Day
Two days ago, we announced that an unprecedented number of people have been forced to flee their homes. More than 82.4 million men, women and children have had their worlds turned upside down by war, violence and persecution. While the rest of us spent much of the...
Afghan-Canadian refugee artist designs World Refugee Day Twitter emoji
NEW YORK – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and Twitter have teamed up with a refugee to design an emoji honouring the millions of people forced to flee war and persecution. UNHCR and Twitter commissioned Afghan-Canadian artist Hangama Amiri to create the emoji for World...